California · Siskiyou County
Past Producer

Mcguffy Creek Deposit

Siskiyou County, California, United States
Chromium
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Commodities
PrimaryChromium
Commodity typeM
Deposit
WorkingsSurface
Materials
Other materialsChromite, Olivine, Serpentine
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1942
Discovery year1917
Identification
Deposit ID10286524
MRDS IDW025615
Alternate namesVeta Grande, Veta Chica, Grand Falls, Grand Canyon, Cherro Colorado, Mary Lou, Lady Gray
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates41.71593, -123.04283
References
AIME SME MINING ENG HANDBOOK,V1,1973,PP 12-140 THROUGH12-147DRAVO.CORP.,1974,ANALYSIS OF LARGE SCALE NON-COAL UND.MIN.METHODS BUMINES OPEN FILE REPORT 36-74,605 PP.HEWELL,D.F.,1942,PRELIMINARY REPORT ON MISC. CHROMITEDEPOSITS:USGS IN-HOUSE REPORT.KLEIN,C.W.,1975, THE GEOLOGY OF THE HAPPY CAMP AREA,SISKIYOUCOUNTY,CALIF. PHD DIS. UNPUB.O'BRIEN,J.C., REPORT NO.212, AUG.19,1954,SUPPLEMENT,JULY 13,1955,SUPPLEMENT, AUGUST 30,1956.RYNEARSON,G.A.& SMITH,C.T.,1940, CHROMITE DEPOSITS IN THESEIAD QUAD,SISKIYOU,COUNTY,CALIF, USGS BULL. 922-D.SALT LAKE CITY METALLURGY RC QUARTERLY REPORT. FY 1979, 2NDQUARTER, PP 18-21.STINSON,M.,1975, DATA RECEIVED UNDER BUREAU CONTRACT NO.G0254022.STRAAM ENG.INC.,1977,CAPITAL AND OPERATING COST ESTIMATINGSYSTEM HANDBOOK, BUMINES CONTRACT NO.J0255026.SUDWORTH,G.B.,1967, FOREST TRESS OF THE PACIFIC SLOPE:NEWYORK,DOVER PUB.,INC,455PP.WEIBELT, F.J., AND RICHER, S., 1949, INVESTIGATION OF THEMCGUFFY CREEK CHROMITE DEPOSITS, SISKIYOU COUNTY,BUMINES, RI, 4576.WELLS, F.G., ET AL., 1949, CHROMITE DEPOSITS NEAR SEIADANDMCGUFFY CREEKS, SISKIYOU COUNTY, CALIF., USGS BULL 948-B.62 PP.WETZEL, N. AND RANEY, R., MCGUFFY CREEK CHROMITE DEPOSITS,SISKIYOU COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, BUMINES MAS DEPOSIT REPORTJULY, 1980, UNPUB.